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Customary IHL Rule 14: Proportionality in Attack

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International Committee of the Red Cross
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2026-09-03
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    For each Midnight Hammer target, IHL required an object to qualify as a military objective and separately required distinction, proportionality, and feasible precautions; the public sources reviewed do not disclose the full target intelligence and expected-incidental-harm assessments needed to adjudicate compliance, and the later official report of no civilian casualties does not by itself answer those ex ante legal tests.

    ICRC Rules 7, 14, and 15; Defense Department operation briefing

    IHL requires military-objective, distinction, proportionality, and precaution analysis · Distinction, proportionality, and precaution rules govern the June 22 strikes · reviewed 2026-09-03